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Ovid's Metamorphoses (Hardcover)
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Ovid's Metamorphoses (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature
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Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature (Series Editors: Kathleen
Coleman and Richard Rutherford) introduces individual works of
Greek and Latin literature to readers who are approaching them for
the first time. Each volume sets the work in its literary and
historical context, and aims to offer a balanced and engaging
assessment of its content, artistry, and purpose. A brief survey of
the influence of the work upon subsequent generations is included
to demonstrate its enduring relevance and power. All quotations
from the original are translated into English.
Ovid's Metamorphoses have been seen as both the culmination of and
a revolution in the classical epic tradition, transferring
narrative interest from war to love and fantasy. This introduction
considers how Ovid found and shaped his narrative from the creation
of the world to his own sophisticated times, illustrating the
cruelty of jealous gods, the pathos of human love, and the
imaginative fantasy of flight, monsters, magic, and illusion.
Elaine Fantham introduces the reader not only to this marvelous and
complex narrative poem, but to the Greek and Roman traditions
behind Ovid's tales of transformation and a selection of the images
and texts that it inspired.
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